Newcastle away Wednesday 4th Dec at 730 pm

[Exiled_red]

Credit to Newcastle for the first half press, I think Grav had an off day too which gave the make shift back four more to do.

Gordon was given carte Blanche to dive all game and the ref seemed to have a target in terms of the number of cards he was aiming to dish out - Trent’s one was ridiculous as Gordon dived.

Despite all that, if it hadn’t been for Kweev’s brain-fart and schar’s luck, we would have come away with all 3 points.

The Sky’s not falling in just yet.

On the plus side, Quansah looked better than Joe at CB when Trent came in. Trent made a real difference as did Dom when he came on.

I think we will beat the Toffee’s.

I am by no means suggesting the sky is falling in, however you view the game the performance wasn't up to our usual high standards, and we need to look at the reasons for that, and address them in order to get back to previous levels. It's not clear if that was an off day or the first sign of tiredness among some key players, the manager and backroom staff have to figure out which and find a way to mitigate any issues there may be. We are in a very good position but we are now in an intense part of the season and have a few players out and a squad which is becoming a little stretched in places.

[memzey]

Given the scale and intensity of the two games we played in the week leading up to last night, I would have taken a point before kick-off. It's one of the hardest places to get a result at and, as ronanm states, Arsenal lost there (they were completely outplayed actually). Going in to the last few minutes ahead however, it does feel like a missed opportunity. We definitely looked gassed and the recovery team will need to earn their crusts before the derby. I'm not disheartened at all. Lots to be encouraged by including a number of key players coming back. On we go to the next.

[Scratch]

In terms of performance, I think it was a combination of a rejigged backline not being on quite the same wavelength as each other, and Newcastle's first half intensity pegging us back. In the second half, they lost that energy and we managed to exert a little dominance as we had more time on the ball and spaces appeared. But for a blunder from Kelleher, we'd be walking away with 3 points, but after that first half, i'll take a well earned point and move on to the next game.

[DerKrampus]

The crowd were incredible in the same way ours is at Anfield, I'd love us to sign Isak however unlikely.

[baitman]

I hope we sign someone like Marmoush

https://youtu.be/jXM0arUZxyQ?si=xmX7OABbA8T2bLId

[rudedog]

Newcastle were excellent in terms of intensity - their midfield was the best we have faced this season but neither team ever looked in control.That must be the most open game we've had, felt more like one of Klopps crazy games - we could have easily had another 3 goals and them a couple more too.

Just annoying that we ended up with a draw due to a daft mistake.

[Irishnev]

Reading all the comments above, in the heat of the moment it can be hard to be pragmatic. If we are honest we probably didn’t deserve to win on the balance of play but having gone ahead with 10 mins to go it was hugely frustrating not to see the game out. It’s not a bad draw with a leggy team away to them in horrible conditions and a baying crowd. Added to that is another mind bogglingly **** performance from the ref - Joelinton must be a protected species or the reincarnation of Fernandinho, he kicked our lads up and down the pitch again with nothing done.

We are bare bones in all lines right now so we need luck with injuries and getting players back. It will be another smelly one this weekend, no Mac as well. The crowd will be baying and I suspect no help will come from our “mates” in PGMOL. A win there would be massive.

However, we are 7 points clear…. we couldn’t have dreamt of such a position when Slot came in. Keep going what we’ve been doing and get help, it’s clear Slot only likes 4 of his midfield. We need one more that he trusts to share the load, there is a league there to be win. Let’s not be “make do” FC, sign someone when the window opens!

[labourRed]

Newcastle were excellent in terms of intensity - their midfield was the best we have faced this season but neither team ever looked in control.That must be the most open game we've had, felt more like one of Klopps crazy games - we could have easily had another 3 goals and them a couple more too.

Just annoying that we ended up with a draw due to a daft mistake.

I'm still fuming about it this morning.

He definitely gets a pass as he's been amazing of late, but it was annoying nonetheless.

[labourRed]

And the ref, we finally get rid of Coote and they line another clueless ****er up. The amount of dives he bought was unreal.

[baitman]

And the ref, we finally get rid of Coote and they line another clueless ****er up. The amount of dives he bought was unreal.

No doubt counting his money today

[Pablo]

No doubt counting his money today

At the very least he'll have secured himself another lucrative refereeing trip to the Middle East in the near future

[Buzzo]

This is a nice goal - lovely dummy from Dom.[ame]https://twitter.com/wilcoftbl/status/1864567405256507752[/ame]

[Harv]

I hope we sign someone like Marmoush

why? Whats he actually done other than be egyptian and have all the dip**** twitter jeets in a frenzy?

[Harv]

If Slot won’t play Endo or Moreton then we need to push the boat out for Zubimendi now & get it done as soon as the window opens.

Yep. Agree

Grav will be absolutely knackered by xmas at this rate.

[DerKrampus]

why? Whats he actually done other than be egyptian and have all the dip**** twitter jeets in a frenzy?

He's scored goals, kind of important when you're a forward.